In the January-March period of this year, Saudi Arabia ranked first among Turkey's steel product export markets, receiving double the steel product volume compared to the first quarter of 2011, while Turkey's steel product exports to the UAE and to Iran decreased significantly in the period in question.
Turkey's top 10 steel export destinations in the MENA region in Q1 2012 are as follows:
Country |
Volume (mt) |
|
Q1 2012 |
Q1 2011 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
473,715 |
241,391 |
Iraq |
385,488 |
238,287 |
310,320 |
638,916 |
|
Libya |
179,192 |
79,173 |
Egypt |
167,963 |
110,655 |
Israel |
157,321 |
131,456 |
Yemen |
150,497 |
54,818 |
Morocco |
761,02 |
98,811 |
Lebanon |
69,892 |
77,846 |
44,896 |
185,561 |
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